MANCHESTER, NH — Following their 6-2 win over St. Mark’s in the quarterfinals, the boys’ varsity hockey team prolonged the winter season with two overtime wins and emerged as the tournament’s eventual champions.

Lots of smiles at St. Anselm…

After beating Gunnery 3-2 in OT in Connecticut on Saturday, the team traveled to St. Anselm College to take on the New Hampton School on Sunday in the final game of the Piatelli/Simmons bracket. After an end-to-end contest finished 4-4 in regulation, the Spartans managed to edge the Huskies 5-4 off a goal from forward Gunnar-wolfe Fontaine ‘20 with 8:22 on the clock in overtime.

“[I’m] so proud,” said co-captain Andrew Moynihan ‘18 after the game. “Every single player in that room would do something for the person next to them, and I think that’s what’s most important.”

“To be a captain of this team and go win the championship—it means so much to me, it could’ve been anyone out of eight or nine of us in the room…I feel very fortunate, very lucky to be in that position.”

“We preach family first, right from the get-go,” head coach Robbie Barker reflected.

“I tell the guys, ‘You’ve got to believe in yourself, you’ve got to believe in each other, and you can’t play for yourself’—it’s a team game, and that’s a great example of what happened today.”